Movable headlight



May 13, 1924, 1,493,704

` V. RIEDL.

MOVABLE HEADLIGHT Filed Oct. 13 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESS:

Patented liz/lay l, i924.,

'VLADIMER REDL, DE OLTJITZ, KANSAS.

'MGE/ABLE HEADLGHT.

To all whom t mog/f concern:

Be it lrnoivn that l, VLADMnP. RIEDL, a citizen of the United States7 residing at fllinitz, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Movable Headlights, of which the following is a'specilication.

My present invention has reference te dirigible headlights for automobiles and has for its object the provision of simple but eifective means for swinging the headlights of an automobile in a vertical frame.

@ther objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the inven-v tion is better understooda reference being had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

ln the drawings Figure l is a side elevation or" a sulfi cient portion of an automobile to illustrate the application of the improvement thereon.

Figure 2 is av front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereofB Figure i is a sectional view on the line ifllof Figure 3.

The headlights l, for the automobile 2( are mounted upon the usual posts 3. Flach post is journaled for vertical,supporty in a suitable bearing l on cach side of the front end of the frame of the automobile 2. 'lo the lower end of each post 8 there is an angle extension in the nature of a. iinl 6. The lingers on both posts are arranged in the same direction, and each of said fingers has loosely secured thereto a. longitudinally extending rod 7.

Journaled in suitable bearings 8 below the floor boards at the front of. the automobile there is a laterali;7 arranged shaft The bearings 8 for the shaft 9 may be and preferably are secured to the channeled side beams l() of the frame of the automon bile. rlhe shaft- 9 is provided with a pair of depending lingers .ll respectively, each or said fingers being provided with an open-- ing that receives therethrough the offset ends of the rods 7 or headed pintles i3 secured to the said ends of the rods.

Securely connected to the shaft 9 and projecting through a suitable opening in the foot board at the front of the automobile there is a foot pedal i4 and a hand lever l5. Both the pedal and lever are disposed for convenient operation by the driver of the machine, and it will be apparent that a pressure ujon either the pedal or lever will turn the shaft 9 to swing the fingers il and cause the rods 7 to iniiuence the fingers 6 to turn the posts 3 and thereby swing the headlights l to any desired angle with respect to the automobile Q. Spring means 16 is provided for returning the paris to initial position. such means being preferably secured between the lever 175 and the dash of the automobilen but lthe same may. of course, be otherwise convenienti)v positioned.

Having clamery An apparatus of the class described, headlights, depending posts therefor. bearings in which the posts are journaled. oliset fingers on the lower ends of the posts rods loosely connected to said fingers, a shaft journaled in bearings transversely with respect to the rods, depending lingers on the shaft loosely connected to the rods. an operating pedal and lever for the shaft` spring means influencing the shaft to rctain the headlights in normal position, said spring means including a depending perforated lug on said shaft adjacent each end tluneof7 a spring adjacent each end of said shaft$ said springs having a coil intermediate their ends.l and one end of each of said springs formed with a U-shaped part which is received in the depending lug adjacent which it is placed, a set screw carried by cach lug and engz'lged between the legs of the U-shaped part to retain the same in the lug and the other end of each spring being extended. laterally to engage an out standing part of the motor vehicle frame.

In testimony whereof l aiiiX my signature.

described the invention` l VLADIMEFR RIEDL. 

